Dark Funeral

Formed at a time when the Scandinavian metal scene was becoming flooded with bands, all striving for "true" rather than "trend" status amongst fans and peers, Sweden's Dark Funeral emerged as one of the most exciting groups in the genre. Like most artists in the early black metal scene, Dark Funeral's music was raw and powerful with a strong lyrical emphasis on Satanic imagery and anti-Christian themes. When many of their peers were starting to rely on the use of keyboards to distinguish their "evil" sound, Dark Funeral stuck to the roots of metal, avoiding synthesizers.

In 1993, guitarists Lord Ahriman and Blackmoon recruited fellow Swedes Themgoroth (bass) and Draugen (drums) to form the first incarnation of Dark Funeral. Together they recorded an EP simply entitled Dark Funeral, which established them as a one of the leading black metal bands of the time. No Fashion Records signed the band in 1994 and after replacing Draugen with drummer Equimanthorn -- like most black metalers he too lacked a last name -- they went into the infamous Abyss studios to start work on their next project. It wasn't until 1996 that their second release, Secrets of the Black Arts, reached their fans. 1996 was a big year for Dark Funeral. Secrets turned out to be a major seller by black metal standards, but the band suffered a major lineup change that would leave Ahriman as the only original member. So with Lord Ahriman and his new band -- Emperor Magus Caligula (bass/vocals), Alzazmon (drums), and Typhos (guitar) -- they embarked on a European tour, their first as a headlining act. Their stage act became quite a performance. They would emerge covered in blood and corpse paint while wearing long spikes and rivets and carrying ancient weapons. The shows also included a fire-breathing Emperor Caligula and pigs' heads impaled upon upside-down crosses -- kind of a low-budget Kiss concert. In 1998, No Fashion released their second full-length album, Vobiscum Satanas. The band then brought their stage show to the U.S. for the first of two tours, supported by Metal Blade records, who released Secrets of the Black Arts and Vobiscum Satanas domestically. By 2000 the band saw more changes in the lineup, with Dominion taking a vacant guitar spot and the position of drummer becoming a rotating door. The EP Teach Your Children to Worship Satan was released just before the band was signed to Necropolis Records. In 2000, Caligula and Dominion also released an album by their side project band, Dominion Caligula, for No Fashion Records. ~ Kevin Odle, Rovi

Go dark funeral!!!!!!go go go go go go!!!!!!sick 'emgit those Isis turds,kill them slutty basTURDS!!CAST THE DARKNESS UPON THEM,FIGHT THE DARK WITH A THOUSAND DARKNESSES FROM THE UNDERWOURD!!!,SPILL THERE BLACK BLOOD

Include this band on the Isis destroying list!slayers music was my first choice, but DF can do the job,those turds called Isis are too pussyish to hear this band,they would soil their stupid looking pants

Why is it that every person that writes for pandora in the info section has to put in some f**king opinion. Perfect examples go as: old dirty b**tard, and this band.. "Low budget kiss concert" .. U sir have no right to be reviewing metal bands

I heard the Asian kid is beaten and horrible insults are hurled at him while he plays the keyboard. Then they dress him in little hooker boots and have him prance about yelling, "hail satan". You can hear his cries in the background of heart of ice

There are two types of satanism. Theological and Atheistic. Get both of the stories right before being an a** hole. One could argue that theological satanism has been around since the creation of Christianity, whereas atheistic satanism has been around since the 1960s

It seems, there isn't a single post I see that says any of you know what real satanism is. The roots of the name Satan and it's interpretations were around thousands of years before Christianity was even conceived. The vile religion is really Christianity. It encourages devolution and spiritual enslavement, because it aims at going against primal human nature. It forces you to place your future in some f**k in the sky's hands. True Satanism is about independence, making a better life for yoursel

Why is the Dark Funeral thread some kind of confessional?..You humans do realize that these guys are artists right?I mean c'mon its an act.At one point and time the mysticism around Alice Cooper painted him as some evil chicken sacrificing snake charmer nowadays he is the old guy playing 18 holes.IMO one religion is just as dumb as another but be that as it may everyone has the right to choose their own faith.Don't take religious bantering within ART seriously.ART remains open to interpretation.